Very simple syntax error using `source $v;`

[scroll-lock]

hm, a colleague of mine asked me the same last week. We couldn't find an answer.... but in our case we just used the direct source ..... I don't know why, but it's really strange why the other one is not working..

[cbamber85]

You probably need the escape character in front of the foward slashes, whereas the source command will have built-in formatting functions.

[_stev_]

Yeah, it's weird. I always source scripts from a proc anyway though so that you can catch errors.


global proc int sourceScript(string $script) {
if ( exists($script) ) {
if ( catch( eval( "source \"" + $script + "\"" ) ) ) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
} else {
return false;
}
}

$freakShow = "D:/PROJECTS/2008/prefs/userHotKeys.mel";
sourceScript $freakShow;

[jorx]

That works, thanks!

So I guess the key was to use the \" special character, to add a " on either side.

Thank you very much!

[ewerybody]

confirmed! but ..Weird!
eval ("source \"" + $filePath + "\"");
works...

@stev! nice script. You could actually shorten it a little though:

global proc int sourceScript(string $script) {
if (( exists($script) ) && (! catch( eval( "source \"" + $script + "\"" ) ) ))
return true;

return false;
}

// or

global proc int sourceScript(string $script) {
if ( exists($script) )
if (! catch( eval( "source \"" + $script + "\"" ) ) )
return true;

return false;
}

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